- Gwizdo: Hey, it's not my fault that the market's in recession. I just can't pull contracts out of my hat, can I?
- Shingun: [handing Gwizdo a mantle] Cold sometimes it is.
- Gwizdo: [sarcastically] No kiddin'. I hadn't noticed.
- Lian-Chu: Gwizdo, I'm not sure, but you know our promised land? I think this might be it.
- Gwizdo: Huh? Do you have frostbite on the brain?
- Lian-Chu: You know, where people accept us for who we are, and welcome us. Our real place in the world. Well, I think it's here.
- Gwizdo: What sort of gobbledygook are you comin' up with?
- Lian-Chu: You're the one who brought it up when we left the inn.
- [Gwizdo looks surprised]
- Gwizdo: First of all, I doubt I ever said any such thing. And secondly, even if I did, it was just to reassure ya. I know how hard it was for you to leave the inn.
- Lian-Chu: So you lied to me?
- Gwizdo: Of course not. I didn't lie to ya. I was just improvisin' a bit.
- [Lian-Chu sags a bit. Gwizdo sees Lian-Chu's expression and looks worried. He goes to the wall Lian-Chu is leaning on and sits on it]
- Gwizdo: Don't you think I was terrified too, with the idea of leavin' it all behind? All I wanted was to run right back to the inn to my big soft bed, the toasty fireplace and Jeanneline's delicious cookin'. If I said that, it was just to reassure me, too.
- Lian-Chu: So you want to go back to the inn, too.
- Gwizdo: More than ever, Lian-Chu. More than ever before.
- Lian-Chu: But what about the pride of dragon hunters?
- Gwizdo: When yer cold and hungry, dragon pride can take a hike.